 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...comfort ; especially when riding at its anchor after a busy or tempestuous.life. It is well described by Rousseau to be the interval of repose and enjoyment between the hurry and the end of life. f< To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a sctne S24 BEAUTIES OF PAtEY. of tranquil enjoyments,... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...comfort ; especially when riding at its anchor, after a busy or tempestuous life. It is well described by Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment, between the hurry and the end of life. Vol.. I. 40 How far the same cause extends to other animal natures, cannot be judged of with certainty.... | |
 | John Evans - English essays - 1812 - 234 pages
...most dignified, but, probably, the happiest period pf human life. Rousseau well describes old age, as the interval of repose and enjoyment, between the hurry and the end of life ; and to this I shall add the testimony of Dr. Percival, extracted from his very valuable work, entitled... | |
 | James Field Stanfield - Biography - 1813 - 402 pages
...when enjoying pleasure ; the old are happy when free from pain.'* Rousseau well describes Ibis period to be " the interval of repose and enjoyment between the hurry and the end of life." The mental faculties must also be attended to. The moral and intellectual experience gained in an extended... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 558 pages
...death approaches !" * — (Dibdin's Bibliomania, pp. 589, 590.) Old age has been well described, as " the interval of repose and enjoyment between the hurry and the end of life." A good man in the full possession of his mental faculties reviews the past scene of existence without... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...comfort, especially when riding at its anchor after a busy or tempestuous life, It is well described by Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment...to other animal natures, cannot be judged of with certainly. The appearance of satisfaction, with which tho&t Animals, as their activity subsides, seek... | |
 | Natural history - 1822 - 192 pages
...comfort, especially when riding at its anchor after a busy or tempestuous life. It is well described to be the interval of repose and enjoyment, between the hurry and the end of life. The appearance of satisfaction with which most animals seek and enjoy rest after their labours, affords... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...comfort ; especially when riding at its anchor after a busy or tempestuous life. It is well described by Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment,...that this source of gratification is appointed to advanced life, under all, or most of its various forms. In the species with which we are best acquainted,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...comfort ; especially when riding at its anchor, after a busy or tempestuous life. It is well described by Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment,...that this source of gratification is appointed to advanced life, under all, or most, of its various forms. There is a great deal of truth in the following... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...comfort ; especially when riding at its anchor after a busy or tempestuous life. It is well described by Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment,...certainty. The appearance of satisfaction, with which nil*: t animals, as their activity subsides, seek and enjoy rest, affords reason to believe, that this... | |
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Rousseau, to be the interval of repose and enjoyment, between the hurry and the end of life. How far the same cause extends to other animal natures, cannot be judged of with certainty. The appearance of satisfaction, with which most animals, as their... 
